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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2699
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
Title
Mount Fuji Viewed during a Fine Wind on a Clear Morning (Gaifū kaisei), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Fugaku sanjūrokkei: Gaifū kaisei
Alternate Title: Red Fuji
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1831
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
paper: 24.4 x 36.3 cm (9 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Hokusai Aratame I-itsu hitsu

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2699
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The cone of Fuji seen on a summer day in fair weather with a gentle breeze. The sky is bright blue flecked with white clouds. The cone of Fuji is red slightly streaked with snow.

Exhibition History

  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2007], Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/2007 - 04/08/2007
  • HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture (Spring 2010), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/05/2010 - 05/09/2010
  • A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

Verification Level

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